Identity Collage: Places of Origin/Residency

Identity Collage Workshop: Places of Origin/Places of ResidencyPresented by Pandora’s Collective and the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public LibrarySponsored by telus

Workshops Description:​How does your place of origin whether it is from here or somewhere else factor into our world? What pieces have you kept with you and what have you discarded? There are rich treasures sometimes hiding in what we have forgotten, discarded, or simply overlooked. We have so much to offer others from the simple to complex aspects of our own history. How does this blend with where you are today? What do you bring into community that may enrich others? Let the words fall onto the page as we discover how our heritage can enrich our writing and communities to engage us in new ways. Individual writing to be combined with a group piece. Join Bonnie Nish in this interactive, creative workshop. All levels welcome.

Facilitator: Bonnie NishBonnie Nish is Executive Director of Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society. Bonnie has been widely published worldwide in such places as The Ottawa Arts Review, The Danforth Review, Haunted Waters Press, Illness Crisis & Loss Journal Volume 24 and The Blue Print Review. Bonnie’s first book of poetry ‘Love and Bones ’ was released by Karma Press in 2013. Bonnie has a Masters in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Language and Literacy Education at UBC. Her next book “Concussion and Mild TBI: Not Just Another Headline” an anthology of concussion related stories, was published by Lash and Associates in August 2016. Bonnie is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist with a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the Vancouver Expressive Arts Therapy School who has worked extensively with youth and adults in high-risk situations. She has conducted writing and expressive arts workshops for over 20 years across North America. Learn more about Bonnie's work here. www.bonnienish.ca and http://bonnienishexpressivearts.ca/index.html

A special thank you to Telus for sponsoring the Identity Collage Workshop Series.